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Ilovefood15 · 22/06/2014 13:25

Hi ladies,

I have a five week old, who wakes every two hours for milk. I know she is still quite young to be sleepin through but just wondered what age I can expect a longer stretch of sleep! I am exhausted! She also is very hard to get back in her Moses basket after the 4 am bottle but will happily go back asleep on my or in our bed within seconds!

Thanks for any advice x

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ipswichwitch · 30/06/2014 07:38

What is this sleep of which you speak?
DS1 is 2.8 and not managed it yet, neither has his 6mo brother

JustPretending · 30/06/2014 07:46

4 months - EBF. Can't quite believe it. Sleeping 9pm - 7am.

Saltedcaramel2014 · 30/06/2014 07:47

As you can see all babies are different. My advice? Just focus on your baby and making the decisions that feel right for you. Don't get drawn into either the smugness of the early sleeping-throughers or the bitterness of the competitively tired. Just try and look after yourself and rett when you can, your baby will work it out at some point

Saltedcaramel2014 · 30/06/2014 07:48

Rest...

ShoeWhore · 30/06/2014 07:58

Dc1 - 9 weeks
Dc2 - briefly at around 3-4 months then properly at 7 months
Dc3- about 3 years?

All bf. dc1 woke up for a bit around 5mo but otherwise was an amazing sleeper.

How well does she feed during the day? It can help if you don't let them go too long between daytime feeds.

wigglylines · 30/06/2014 08:02

First baby, didn't sleep through until he was about 3, and even then he still woke up at 5 and got into bed with us.

Second baby, 3 weeks.

This emphasis on sleeping through is really misleading I think. They'll do it when they're ready. The more important thing is how you can make changes to make sure you're getting enough sleep. One method is to wait until your baby sleeps through, but that could be ages so not the best solution. In the meantime, what else can you do to make sure you're as rested as possible given the circumstances? That's the most important question.

For us the magic answer was co-sleeping. Although DS woke throughout the night, I hardly needed to wake to feed him and we fell back to sleep together, so no need for settling at all. I was waking several times a night, sure, but never having to get out of bed or spend any time waiting for a baby to sleep.

For DD, there wasn't enough room in the bed to co-sleep (as DS was still getting in in the early hours) so we got a 3-sided cot. Best purchase ever. In reality, she slept on the edge of the bed most of the time, but safely as if she rolled off, she was just rolling into the cot.

I found a very reasonably priced on on German Amazon (courtesy of a mumsnetter recommendation) about £110 for the cot, mattress, bumpers and delivery IIRC. I'll have a look and post a link.

If you do cosleep, you should research safer ways to cosleep as there's guidance on this.

Sirzy · 30/06/2014 08:05

DS is 4.5 he is finally sleeping through most nights.

SquattingNeville · 30/06/2014 08:13

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fledermaus · 30/06/2014 08:20

DC1 - slept 8 hours a night from 8-18 weeks. Didn't sleep 8 hours again until 2.5 years

DC2 (4 months now) - started sleeping 4 hours between feeds at night at 12 weeks.

aussiemelbmama · 30/06/2014 12:07

Just a little over 7 months. Coincided with dropping her dream feed as she refused her 10pm bottle over three consecutive nights.

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